How to Use on the rebound in a Sentence

on the rebound

phrase
  • Oldacre is fouled on the rebound and makes both free throws.
    Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Catch the ball on the rebound with your arms overhead.
    Health Editorial Team, Health, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Brennock crashed on the rebound to bury a 1-0 lead.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Cucurella lands on the rebound and pokes in.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • In the here and now, post-pandemic air travel is on the rebound.
    Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • While some of the Dutch pleaded for a foul, Gakpo raced in to score on the rebound.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026
  • Jeff Petry’s point shot was denied but Bennett pounced on the rebound.
    Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Robles missed a short jumper with five seconds left, but a jump ball on the rebound gave the ball back to Ridge.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2024
  • And, please, give yourself time after the divorce is final rather than tie the knot again on the rebound.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024
  • His shot didn’t go but Elias Lindholm pounced on the rebound and scored his second of the game.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Trammell missed a jumper, but Quinerly was whistled for a foul on the rebound.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Zachary Bolduc scored on the rebound to give the Canadiens a 3-2 lead.
    Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
  • As the throw-in narrowly sailed over her head, Chantha pounced on the rebound to unleash a quick shot at the goal.
    Dan Albano, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Ellicott City is a town on the rebound, steeped in history and sustained by hope.
    Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Bird flocks have been on the rebound after last year’s avian flu outbreak, but that has farmers suddenly selling at a loss.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But Biden, in his own remarks, stressed that this kind of democratic idealism was on the rebound.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Harris scored on the rebound of a Clarke Caswell shot from near the left post exactly two minutes in.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Yet to dwell on the prison and its colorful stories is to miss the bigger picture of a Yuma on the rebound.
    Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The Last Christmas soundtrack is also on the rebound, which should be expected around this time of year.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Ellis Rickwood scored from the doorstep on the rebound of a sharp-angle Livanavage shot.
    Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The first shot was saved, but Driussi’s second on the rebound found the back of the net to cut the Timbers lead to 2-1.
    oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
  • But while mods have been lost and the company’s reputation with users bruised, there are signs that Reddit is already on the rebound.
    WIRED, 29 June 2023
  • Martínez doubled the lead a half-hour later, scoring on the rebound on his own shot, which Tambakis helpfully batted right back at him.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
  • Hughes needed to either steal the puck from Fiala or make sure a shot couldn’t get through, otherwise the team would be in trouble on the rebound.
    Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • But the Purdue star missed the second free throw, and Edey fouled Julius Marble on the rebound attempt.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Then Tyrese Proctor missed a free throw and Cooper Flagg caught an over-the-back whistle on the rebound attempt.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Adriana scored her second in the 26th, pouncing on the rebound from Barbra Banda’s shot.
    Staff and Wire Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 1 July 2024
  • His shot from a narrow angle was saved by Martin Dubravka but Curtis Jones pounced on the rebound.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Draisaitl picked off a pass from MacKinnon at one end of the ice, then scored on the rebound of his own shot after falling to his knees at the other end.
    Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Now, post-bankruptcy, Neiman's finances are on sounder footing, with debt at a far more manageable $1 billion and sales on the rebound.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2022

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